In Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' (1937) Curley's wife is not given a name. Apparently this was deliberate on Steinbeck's part, in order to focus the reader on her character 'type', her aspirations, attitudes, personal unhappiness and loneliness.
Although newly married to the ranch boss's son, she dresses in a fancy way, and is flirtatious with all the men at the ranch. Before she was married and came to live at the ranch she lived in Salinas. As she told Lennie, "I lived right in Salinas. Come there when I was a kid." She first met her husband, Curley, at the Riverside Dance Palace.
Salinas is a city in California, and also just happens to be Steinbeck's hometown. His house is still there.
Curley's wife dreams of being a star, a movie star. But things aren't working out for her. And all her plans and dreams, discontent and desire for attention end with her last breath, as she dies, prematurely, her neck accidentally broken by Lennie.
"The best laid plans of mice and men (and women) often turn out ugly" ~Robert Burns 1785
Salinas. :)
Candy
Candy
The dance palace
she was forced to
Yes she does.
okay so his wife dies at page 1
pg 31
She suspects that lennie did it (and she is right)
lennie kills curleys wife
curley's wife tells Lennie that "You are nuts , but you kinda nice fella".
In the novel, Curley says very little about his wife. The most he says is 'has anybody seen my wife?!'